Making its way into - BIO · Wood Fibres Cells Macrofibrils Microfibrils Cellulose Chain...

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CelluForce NCC™:

Making its way into

commercial products

2017 Bio World Congress

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CelluForce NCCTM

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Wood Fibres Cells Macrofibrils Microfibrils

Cellulose Chain

Needle-shaped

Nano-sizedo 7,5 nm x 150 nm

o 550 m2/g

Product Properties (NCV-100)o Moisture = 4-6%

o Crystallinity = 0.88

o pH = 6-7

o Bulk density = 0.7 g/cm3

o Particle size = 10-30 µm

Crystalline

Amorphous

Nanofibrils

Crystal

Extraction

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About CelluForce World leader in the production of Cellulose NanoCrystals (CNC)

Head Office in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Production facility located in Windsor, Quebec, Canada

Backed by large shareholders

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World leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of fiber-

based products. Revenues of $5.3 billion and 9,800 employees

World leader in technology and project management in the oil and gas industry. Revenues of $49.5 billion and 100,000 employees

Pioneer in CNC development and largest forest sector R&D center in the world. Budget of $90 million and 500 employees.

World leader in eucalyptus pulp production with annual production capacity of 5.3 million tons. Revenues of $2.3 billion and 4,192 employees

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The Essential Challenge

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Develop new CNC-based

commercial products

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Moving outside the box

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Pulp and Paper Specialty Chemicals /

Advanced materials

Cellulose

NanoCrystals

CNC

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Application development model

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Idea formulation From lab to pilot Deployed

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Universities,

Institutes,

Manufacturers

Manufacturers,

Users

Users,

Manufacturers

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Filling in the missing middle

8Source: GAO-14-181SP Forum on Nanomanufacturing

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Filling in the missing middle: Difficulties

Assessing the application to target

Validating the value proposition

Finding the right collaboration partner

Achieving all the needed specifications

Having the cash flow to allow the development time

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Innovation approach

CelluForce is working on: Fundamental NCC understanding

Production technology

Application development

Celluforce is working with: Industrial Partners

Independent laboratories

Academia

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Oil and gas: The Schlumberger partnershipSchlumberger: shareholder and client

Joint development agreement signed in March 2015Development of oil & gas well CNC-based

fluids

Consortium created: SDTC funding

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Stumbling blocks - Results

Meeting each application specification list

Development time

Multiple applications being developed

Two applications have had successful SLB customer trials

The partnership gold standard

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Needed: exceptional collaboration

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Needed: Targeted research

Relate to themes that have emerged during broader technical and market research

Respond to gaps in knowledge

Aim to explore and answer specific, focused questions

Direct, monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the project

Keep focused on commercialisation

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Product specifications

Specification 1

Specification 2

Specification 3…

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Needed: True partnership

DriveStrong and shared market drivers

Rapid move from curious to serious

TrustCulture compatibility

Respect

PatienceCNC is not a drop in

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Is SLB the only game in town?

Over 50 industrial players are currently testing our material in

various applications

Several requests received every month from large and small

companies to develop their own differentiated CNC based

products

Different level of collaborations with customers

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Number of leads generated per month

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Are we the other side of the valley of death? 2016 Sales objectives were surpassed

Applications being tested commercially with end-users – short-term

customers

Orders volume are ramping up

Currently at sales inflection point

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New challenges being met

Manufacturing QA/QC

Production efficiency

Delivery and logistics

Matching production and market

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Future Capacity

Demand increase requires further expansion in our production capacity

Conceptual design completed for the future plant

Ready to meet market demand!

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We harness the power of nature’s basic

elements to improve your product

performance

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